The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.

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Title
The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version.
Publication
London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, & co., limited,
1883, 1887, 1891.
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Guy of Warwick (Legendary character)
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"The romance of Guy of Warwick. The first or 14th-century version." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA2638.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 20, 2025.

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'ALLAS,' QUOTH Guy, 'that were wronge, And y shuld here deth fonge For thing that y gilte haue noon, Line 3285 Ne neuere thoughte it to doon. To day, before he oute yede, Gretly he me loued, as he seide.' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oute of the Chambre he is goo: [Caius MS. 107 page 92] Sory and heuy he was thoo. To his Inne he yede, y you telle, And cleped to him his felawes all. Line 3300 'Lordingis,' he seide, 'arme we vs at this tyde; For here noo lenger we woll abide. To the Emperour tolde it is, So that he woll vs slee, withoute mys. . . . . . . . . . . And, or we bee take or dede, Many of theim shull dey to their mede.'

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. . . . . . . . . . To armes with that they wente echoon, And oute of the Citee they bee goon. They wente toward the hethen men, As with theim to holde and to been. . . . . .
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